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Namazu (aka Onamazu) is the giant catfish of Japanese mythology held responsible for creating earthquakes. worldhistory.org/Namazu/

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In Japanese folklore the Shichifukujin are the Seven Lucky Gods who may also be known as the Seven Gods of Happiness or the Seven Gods of Good Fortune. worldhistory.org/Shichifukujin

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The Kojiki ('Record of Ancient Things') is the oldest book of Japanese history and the oldest text of any kind from Japan. worldhistory.org/Kojiki/

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Inari is the Shinto god of rice, the protector of food, and bringer of prosperity. worldhistory.org/Inari/

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Izanami ('she who invites') and Izanagi ('he who invites') are the primordial gods of the Shinto religion who are believed to have created the islands of Japan and given birth to many of the other Shinto gods or kami.
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Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenman Tenjin (845-903 CE), was a scholar, poet, and high-level administrator in the Japanese court during the Heian Period. Badly treated and exiled, he would gain a spectacular revenge on his political rivals from beyond the grave when he was deified following a series of disasters thought to be a product of Tenjin's anger. He became the patron god of scholarship an...worldhistory.org/Tenjin/

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